This morning as I ate me oatmeal for breakfast I decided to take it and eat it by the water. It was about a 3-minute walk. I figured why not? I walked to the water and ate it by the edge looking across to an island across the way. It was really nice.
I headed to my next spot which was in Yeppoon, Queensland. This would be about a 7 hour drive. But more driving now means I can slow down at the end of the trip where the weather would be warmer.
I followed the GPS, which has no sound. It had me get onto a certain road which would take me north. The turn offs were close together and confusing. It told me to get off in a certain amount of meters but I miscalculated and took the wrong one. It didn't help that it was trafficy that morning. You'd think it would be easy to turn around at the next exit, but not in this area. The new arrival time calculated and told me my mistake cost me 25 minutes. In the end that mistake would result in a one hour and 20 minute delay to my arrival time.
As I approached the place where I’d be getting off I saw something I’d seen coming north the day before. It was Glass House Mountains. A fascinating steep mountain that looked like a very large rock sticking up out of nowhere. I’d thought about driving back to it the day before, but now I had no choice. As I arrived early at the campground the day before I probably could have explored it then. I had the time. But fascinated by it again this morning and so close now I decided to check it out. I went up to a look out and snapped some pics before pulling out. I had noticed a large fire between that rock-mountain and the lookout so asked a ranger about it. He said he had set it! It was a controlled fire. But he said because of a cold front the smoke was moving more horizontally then straight up which is what it normally does and what is ideal. He said he was likely “smoking people out” down wind. The way it was set he said it would put itself out eventually. Interesting.
I’m typing this in the bathroom as I couldn’t recharge this last night and it was about to die on me. The phone I could charge in the car. So fortunately I found a plug near a random bench in the bathroom and am sitting on it juicing up the laptop. I’m grateful for it. This charge may have to hold me off for a while. You never know where you’ll be able to plug in.
I headed to my next spot which was in Yeppoon, Queensland. This would be about a 7 hour drive. But more driving now means I can slow down at the end of the trip where the weather would be warmer.
I followed the GPS, which has no sound. It had me get onto a certain road which would take me north. The turn offs were close together and confusing. It told me to get off in a certain amount of meters but I miscalculated and took the wrong one. It didn't help that it was trafficy that morning. You'd think it would be easy to turn around at the next exit, but not in this area. The new arrival time calculated and told me my mistake cost me 25 minutes. In the end that mistake would result in a one hour and 20 minute delay to my arrival time.
As I approached the place where I’d be getting off I saw something I’d seen coming north the day before. It was Glass House Mountains. A fascinating steep mountain that looked like a very large rock sticking up out of nowhere. I’d thought about driving back to it the day before, but now I had no choice. As I arrived early at the campground the day before I probably could have explored it then. I had the time. But fascinated by it again this morning and so close now I decided to check it out. I went up to a look out and snapped some pics before pulling out. I had noticed a large fire between that rock-mountain and the lookout so asked a ranger about it. He said he had set it! It was a controlled fire. But he said because of a cold front the smoke was moving more horizontally then straight up which is what it normally does and what is ideal. He said he was likely “smoking people out” down wind. The way it was set he said it would put itself out eventually. Interesting.
I’m typing this in the bathroom as I couldn’t recharge this last night and it was about to die on me. The phone I could charge in the car. So fortunately I found a plug near a random bench in the bathroom and am sitting on it juicing up the laptop. I’m grateful for it. This charge may have to hold me off for a while. You never know where you’ll be able to plug in.